Sherin and Lodgen represents a diverse group of clients for all kinds of business needs, from start-up to sale. These include businesses across all industries such as hospitality, nonprofit, manufacturing, real estate, and technology.

We’re especially deep in the areas of closely-held businesses, nonprofits, franchise and tax. We pride ourselves on helping clients clearly understand the issues of any particular transaction, offering practical, results-oriented advice and representation.

Capabilities

Our capabilities include:

• Charitable and tax-exempt qualification
• Contracts and licensing
• Distribution
• Employment
• Employment discrimination
• Executive compensation
• Fundraising regulation
• Franchise
• Intellectual property (copyright, internet law, licensing, trademarks)
• Joint ventures
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Ownership structure
• Private placements
• Real estate
• Sales of assets and stock
• Shareholder buy-outs
• Start-ups
• Tax-exempt finance
• Tax

Experience

• Developer/sponsor in various joint ventures financing acquisition and/or initial construction/redevelopment of office, laboratory, hotel and multi-family projects involving over $300 million in total transaction value since 2014
• Acquisition of Boston-based national seafood distributor by the largest fishing and seafood companies in Iceland
• Buyer-issuer in raising over $900 million in equity in largest (by acreage) private land purchase in US history
• Developer/sponsor in recapitalizing major Pioneer Valley multifamily project
• Investment in one of the major U.S. wine distribution companies by French winery and subsequent acquisition of a majority stake
• Merger of related organizations into single state affiliate of a national charity
• Sale of assets of natural food manufacturer to large natural foods company
• Seller in largest sale of residential brokerage agency in US in 2016
• Transfer of ownership of corporate entities to next generation
• Uniform franchise offerings circular for national franchises and registration of the offerings in appropriate registration states
• Negotiation and purchase of national franchise operations
• Management buyout of a U.S. and Canadian satellite TV provider to the hospitality industry
• Application and registration of trademarks, service marks and copyrights
• Negotiation of licensing agreements for software, restaurant and hospitality clients
• Nonprofit Investigations by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, including whistle-blower claims, failure to disclose, related party transactions and failure to operate in accordance with charitable purpose

Clients

Our business law group represents clients across a wide range of industries including:

• Construction
• Entertainment; Sports
• Financial services
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Manufacturing
• Nonprofit
• Real estate
• Renewable energy
• Retail
• Technology

Client Success

Congratulations to our client, A Street Hospitality, on their newest venture La Padrona located at Raffles Boston in the Back Bay

Congratulations to our client, Famille Perrin, on launch of The Gardener Gin

Congratulations to our client, The Urban Grape, on their completion of a $550,000 loan agreement with The Business Equity Fund at the Boston Foundation

Congratulations to our client, Workers Federal Credit Union, on receiving $150 million in additional capital under the U.S. Treasury Department’s ECIP program